Main

• Sarayu Blue as Emet Kamala-Sweetzer
• Paul Adelstein as David Sweetzer, Emet's husband
• Madhur Jaffrey as Maya Kamala, Emet's mother
• Brian George as Sonny Kamala, Emet's father
• James Buckley as Chewey, Emet's co-worker
• Zach Cherry as Norman, Emet's co-worker
• Johnny Pemberton as Griff, Emet's co-worker

Recurring

• Lily Rose Silver as Lily, Emet and David's eldest child.
• Rahm Braslaw as Louie, Emet and David's middle child. In the pilot episode the character was portrayed by Callan Farris.

Guest

• Aisling Bea as Simone ("I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother"), Emet's best friend since college. The character was written out of the series following the pilot episode.
• Christopher Avila as Hux ("I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother"), Emet's co-worker. The character was written out of the series following the pilot episode.
• Easton Magliarditi as Tucker ("I Don't Want to Turn into My Mother")
• Jane Seymour as Chewey's Mom
• Debra Jo Rupp as Griff's Mom
• Parker Young as Damon Paul, Emet's boss
• Alfred Molina as Max, Adam's Father
• Caroline Aaron as Irene, Adam's Mother
• Taylor Misiak as Mackenzie ("I Get Sick of Being Needed")
• MYTEEN as Themself ("We're Not Fun Anymore")

Development

On February 2, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a pilot order. The pilot episode was written by Aseem Batra based on the book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything by Orli Auslander. Batra also acts an executive producer alongside Amy Poehler, Julie Anne Robinson, Dave Becky, and Joshua D. Maurer. Kelly Pancho and Kim Lessing are set as producers and Orli Auslander as a consulting producer. Production companies involved with the pilot include Universal Television, Paper Kite Productions, CannyLads Productions, and 3 Arts Entertainment.^[13]

On May 8, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a series order.^[1] A few days later, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2018 and air on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m.^[14] On June 19, 2018, it was announced that the series would officially premiere on October 4, 2018 in its regular time-slot.^[15] On November 8, 2018, it was announced that the series would "conclude" in December 2018 and that NBC would make a decision regarding a potential renewal at a later date.^[16] On May 10, 2019, NBC canceled the series after one season.^[17]

Casting

On February 26, 2018, it was announced that Sarayu Blue and Paul Adelstein had been cast as the pilot's female and male leads, respectively.^[18] In March 2018, it was announced that Zach Cherry and James Buckley had also joined the main cast.^[19][20]

Marketing

On May 13, 2018, NBC released the first official trailer for the series.^[21]

Premiere

On September 10, 2018, the series took part in the 12th annual PaleyFest Fall Television Previews, which featured a preview screening of the series and a conversation with cast members Sarayu Blue, Paul Adelstein, Madhur Jaffrey, and Brian George and executive producers Aseem Batra and Julie Anne Robinson.^[22]

Critical response

The series has been met with a mixed to negative response from critics upon its premiere. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 31% with an average rating of 5.06 out of 10, based on 16 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite its promising pedigree, I Feel Bad simply isn't very funny."^[23] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 55 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[24]

Ratings